Cricket-Johnson lobs Ashes grenade at beaten England

MELBOURNE, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A dreadful run of injuries prompted Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile to consider packing in first class cricket to become a Twenty20 gun-for-hire but after a welcome return to fitness the 29-year-old is now eyeing a ...

India opener Shikhar Dhawan returned to the Test fold in style striking a career-best 190 off 168 balls on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle to guide India to 399/3 at stumps India vs Sri Lanka - Complete Coverage | Full Schedule ...

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Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to win two series in Sri Lanka.Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the second Test. IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja celebrate winning the second Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday, August 6. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters 2 Number of captains who had more wins than Virat Kohli in first 28 Tests -- Steve Waugh (21) and Ricky Ponting (20). Scorecard Match Photos 1 Virat Kohli became the first Indian captain to win two series in Sri ...

Former Australia quick Damien Fleming says England's top six contains some of the worst batsmen he has seen play test cricket and believes the home pace attack will run through them in the Ashes series at the end of the year. While Fleming conceded that ...

Touted the best wicket-keeper in the country in the longer format, Wriddhiman Saha's Test debut, ironically enough, was as a specialist batsman in Nagpur against South Africa in 2010. A freak injury to Rohit Sharma just before the toss forced the team ...

‘(And) we've got a fourth guy who's a regular opener for India who's not fit (Vijay). We've got all four openers firing now. Shikhar was supposed to go (home) to Melbourne, now he's got a 190 in Galle. So, anything can happen in life’ IMAGE: Making a comeback into the Test side, Shikhar Dhawan hit a century in the first innings of the Galle Test. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters India's clinical performance in thrashing Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle has left captain ...

Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle is in hospital undergoing tests in Melbourne, his family said on Wednesday, prompting fears he is facing a third battle against acute myeloid leukemia.

Michelle Payne, the first woman jockey to ride a Melbourne Cup winner, has been suspended from racing for a month after testing positive for a banned appetite suppressant.